Matteo Politano will reportedly push Sassuolo to join Napoli after they missed Simone Verdi and cooled their interest in Gerard Deulofeu. The Partenopei were turned down by Bologna winger Verdi today, who refused to leave the Stadio Dall’Ara halfway through the season. Lucas Moura of Paris Saint-Germain is another potential option, but considered too expensive…

Berlin und Ankara gehen in ihren Bemühungen um bessere Beziehungen einen weiteren Schritt nach vorn. Wie die Welt unter Berufung auf Sicherheitskreise schreibt, werden sich Vertreter des Bundesinnenministeriums und ranghohe türkische Beamte am Mittwoch zu gemeinsamen Beratungen treffen. Unter anderem soll es dabei um den Kampf gegen die Terrororganisation Islamischer Staat (IS) gehen. « Deutschland ist…

Bitcoin briefly plunged below $10,000 late Tuesday afternoon on Coinbase, after first topping the psychologically key level in late November. Other major digital currencies also sold off sharply. Digital currency ethereum plunged 30 percent Tuesday, to below $1,000, while ripple fell below $1. In fact, nearly every major cryptocurrency suffered massive losses during the day.…

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The sister of a mum who kept her 13 children starving and shackled in a California ‘house of horrors’ said she thought it was « strange » no one was allowed to visit. Elizabeth Jane Flores, 41, from Tennessee, said she has not seen her sister Louise Anna Turpin for 19 years and knew something was « not…

January’s cryptocurrency selloff got fresh impetus on Tuesday when Bitcoin slumped as much as 25 percent, as the prospect of regulatory crackdowns appeared to spread. While the largest digital coin was down 25 percent at $10,338 as of 4:37 p.m. in New York, it was still at the lowest level since early December, according to…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Steve Bannon (centre) attended a House Intelligence Committee closed door meeting on Tuesday Steve Bannon, former chief strategist to US President Donald Trump, has been summoned to testify before a grand jury, US media report. He was reportedly subpoenaed by former FBI director Robert Mueller, who is leading an…